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The review into commissioning, design and build of the new floating bridge won't be made public until January, but testing of modifications will take place in December and could mean the bridge is back in service soon.
Cowes Floating bridge: All you need to know
The Floating Bridge links Cowes and East Cowes, running regularly through the day and much of the evening. It’s sometimes called the Chain Ferry because it pulls itself both sides of the river on a chain.
Below are articles charting the history of the Cowes Floating Bridge.
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In April, the Isle of Wight council called a halt to the much-trumpeted public naming competition for the new floating bridge because of the 'upcoming elections'. Seven months later and the competition is still on hold, despite the two elections being long gone.
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At the Isle of Wight Green Party AGM last weekend, members were elected to key officer roles for the coming year. It was also announced that Charlie Button now sits on the national Green Party LGBTIQ committee, as well as the national Young Greens executive.
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The review team has studied a large volume of documents and is in the process of interviewing those involved in commissioning, designing and operating the new vessel.
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The group who reported the IWC to the Ombudsman over Floating Bridge 6, say they now believe the Council has taken the necessary action to ensure proper scrutiny, so complaint has been dropped.
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Endeavours to keep foot passengers crossing the River Medina in Cowes - despite the actions of the Isle of Wight council - have been given a welcome boost this week.
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Katie from East Cowes has to decide whether she feeds her child or pays to take him to school. 19 councillors chose to ignore this story and voted against calls for the Cabinet to reconsider their decision.
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Many were surprised to hear that the Cowes floating bridge - which used to run with a profit of around £140k per annum - now had a deficit of £500,000. OnTheWight found out why.
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Just when you thought the Isle of Wight council had reached the peak of their incompetency with the Floating Bridge fiasco, an OnTheWight investigation reveals IWC have no idea how many people have been phoning them to complain about it.
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Three Isle of Wight councillors were calling for charges on the passenger launch between Cowes and East Cowes to be dropped whilst issue with the floating bridge are resolved. The Cabinet has dismissed the calls.
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Cllr Ian Ward, who receives an additional £7k+ a year as the Isle of Wight council Cabinet member and whose responsibilities specifically include the floating bridge, was unable to answer basic questions about the replacement service. Full details of the interview within.
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Three Isle of Wight councillors are calling for foot passenger charges on the replacement floating bridge service to be scrapped until all the issues are resolved. One councillor says parents from low income households are having to pay £6 per day in order to walk their children to school.
